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Leadership
Northouse, 5th edition
Chapter 3 - Skills Approach
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Overview
Skills Approach Perspective
Three-Skill Approach (Katz, 1955) Skills-Based Model (Mumford, et al, 2000)
How Does the Skills Approach Work?
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Skills Approach Description
Leader-centered Leadership skills -
Perspective Definition
Emphasis on skillsand abilities thatcan be learnedand developed
ones knowledgeand competencies toaccomplish a set of
goals and objectives
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Three-Skill Approach(Katz, 1955)
Technical Skill
Human Skill
Conceptual Skill
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Basic Administrative Skills Katz (1955)Management Skills Necessary at VariousLevels of an Organization
Leadersneed all three
s s u ,skillimportancechanges
based onlevel ofmanagement
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Technical Skill
Technical skill - having knowledge about andbeing proficient in a specific type of work oractivity.
S ecialized com etencies
Analytical ability
Use of appropriate tools and techniques
Technical skills involve hands-onability with aproduct or process
Most important at lowerlevels of management
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Human Skill
Human skillhaving knowledge about andbeing able to work with people.
Being aware of ones own perspective and others
Assisting group members in working cooperatively toachieve common goals
Creating an atmosphere of trust and empowerment ofmembers
Important at alllevels of the organization
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Conceptual SkillConceptual skill - the ability to do the mental
work of shaping meaning of organizational policyor issues (what company stands for and where itsgoing)
Works easily with abstractionandhypothetical notions
Central to creating and articulating a visionand
strategic planfor an organization Most important at topmanagement levels
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Skills-Based Model
Skills Model Perspective
Skills-Based Model
Competencies Individual Attributes
Leadership Outcomes
Career Experiences
Environmental Influences
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Skills Model Description(Mumford, Zaccaro, Harding, Jacobs, & Fleishman, 2000)
Research studies (1990s)goal: to identify the
PerspectivePerspective SkillsSkills--Based ModelBased Modelof LeadershipLeadershipSkillsSkills--Based ModelBased Modelof LeadershipLeadership
Capability model-
create exemplary jobperformance in anorganization
Emphasizes thecapabilitiesthat makeeffective leadershippossible rather than whatleaders do
Examines relationshipbetween a leadersknowledge & skills & theleaders performance
Suggests many peoplehave the potential forleadership
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Skills Model
Three Components of the Skills Model
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Competency Skills
Competencies
Problem Solving Social Judgment Knowledge
Creative ability to
solve new/unusual,ill-defined
organizationalproblems
Capacity tounderstand people
and social systems
- Perspective taking
- Social perceptiveness
- Behavioral flexibility
- Social performance
The accumulationof information & the
mental structures to
organize theinformation
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Individual AttributesIndividualAttributes
General Cognitive Crystallizedty
Persons intelligence- Perceptual processing
- Information processing
- General reasoning- Creative & divergent
thinking
- Memory
Intellectualability learnedor acquiredover time
ogn t ve ty
Three aspects ofmotivation
- Willingness
- Dominance
- Social good
Anycharacteristicthat helps peoplecope with
complexorganizational
situations isprobably relatedto leader
performance
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Leadership OutcomesLeadershipOutcomes
Criteria = originality & quality ofsolutions to problem situations goodproblem solving involves creatingsolutions that are:
- Logical
- Effective
- Unique
- Go beyond given information
Degree to which aleader has successfullyperformed his/herassigned duties
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Skills ModelSkills Model of Leadership
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Career ExperiencesCareer
Experiences
Challenging Appropriate Hands-onss gnmen s ra n ng
Novelty
Experience gained during career influencesleaders knowledge & skills to solve complexproblems
Leaders learn and develop higher levels ofconceptual capacity if they progressively confrontmore complex and long-term problems as they
ascend the organizational hierarchy
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Environmental InfluencesEnvironmental
Influences
Factorsu s e o ea er s
Control
Factors in a leaders situation that lie outside ofthe leaders competencies, characteristics, and
experiences
Outdated technology
Subordinates skill levels
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How Does the Skills
Approach Work?
ocus o s pproac Strengths
Criticisms
Application
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Skills Approach
Focus is primarilydescriptive itdescribes
Katz (1955) suggestsimportance of particularleadership skills variesde endin where leaders
FocusFocusPrincipal Research
PerspectivesPrincipal Research
Perspectives
leadership fromskills perspective
Provides structure
for understandingthe nature ofeffective leadership
reside in managementhierarchy
Mumford et al. (2000)suggest leadership
outcomes are direct resultof leaders skilledcompetency in problemsolving, social judgment &
knowledge
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Strengths
First approach to conceptualize and create a
structureof the process of leadership aroundskills
leadership available to everyone
Provides an expansive viewof leadership thatincorporates wide variety of components (i.e.,
problem-solving skills, social judgment skills)
Provides a structure consistentwith leadershipeducation programs
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Criticisms
Breadth of the skills approach appearsto extendbeyond the boundaries ofleadership, making it more general,less
Weak in predictive value; does notexplain howskills lead to effectiveleadership performance
Skills model includes individualattributes that are trait-like
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Application
The Skills Approach provides a way to
delineate the skills of a leaderIt is applicable to leaders at all levels within
The skills inventory can provide insights intothe individuals leadership competencies
Test scores allow leaders to learn aboutareas in which they may wish to seek furthertraining
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Skills Inventory
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Group Exercise
Discuss Skills Inventory Results(each group member)
Do you agree/disagree? And Why?
How does this affect your perception ofyour leadership abilities?
Come up with a real world leader with skillssimilar to yours.